Bio
Capt Scott Alsid is an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Meteorology at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Capt Alsid entered the Air Force in 2015 as a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. He received his Master of Science in Nuclear Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and after serving as a research physicists and deputy branch chief in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate, Capt Alsid earned his PhD in Nuclear Science and Technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts (2022)
Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama (2019)
Master of Science in Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts (2017)
Bachelor of Science, Physics and Mathematics, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado (2015)
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Meteorology, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado (2022-Present)
Doctoral Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts (2019-2022)
Deputy Branch Chief, Geospace Communications and Navigation Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico (2018-2019)
Research Physicist, Geospace Communications and Navigation Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico (2017-2018)
Masters Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts (2015-2017)
Honors & Awards
Air Force Commendation Medal (2019)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2015 – 2017; 2019 – 2022)
Distinguished Graduate and Outstanding Cadet in Physics and Basic Sciences, U.S. Air Force Academy (2015)
Research and Scholarly Interests
Quantum Information Science and Technology
Solid-State Quantum Sensing
Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Diamond
Geometric Representations of Gauge Theory
Physics Education
Publications
“A Solid-State Microwave Magnetometer with Picotesla-Level Sensitivity”, Scott T.
Alsid, Jennifer M. Schloss, Matthew H. Steinecker, John F. Barry, Andrew C. Maccabe,
Guoqing Wang, Paola Cappellaro, and Danielle A. Braje. Accepted for Publication in Physical Review Applied (March 2023)
“High-Sensitivity Nitrogen-Vacancy Center Magnetometry: from DC to GHz”, Scott Alsid; Doctoral Thesis published by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2022)
“Photoluminescence decomposition analysis of NV creation dynamics in diamond quantum sensors”, Scott Alsid, John Barry, Linh Pham, Jennifer Schloss, Mike O’Keefe, Paola Cappellaro and Danielle Braje; Physical Review Applied Phys. Rev. Applied, 12, 044003 (2019)
“Optimizing Chemical Vapor Deposition Diamond for Nitrogen-Vacancy Center Ensemble Magnetometry”, Scott Alsid; Masters Thesis published by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2017)
“Unifying Geometrical Representations of Gauge Theory”, Scott Alsid and Mario Serna; Foundations of Physics 45, 1 75-103 (2015)